In searching for a long-lost cousin, I found this potential clue (below my questions) through Ancestry. My great uncle was Joseph Kaplan, and I know he had a daughter named Bertha. My 2 questions regarding the record below are:
1. Since Bertha married in 1940, which means the child (Norma) would have been born out of wedlock, would it be common at that time, especially for a Jewish family, to put down the grandfather as the father.
2. When this Norma is listed in Aug. 1961 as Norma Rabinowitz, does that mean she was married in August, 1961, or simply sometime before that?
Name: Norma Doris Kaplan [Norma Rabinowitz]
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1938
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 19 Dec 1995
Father: Joseph Kaplan
Mother: Bert D Kaplan
SSN: 162303472
Notes: Sep 1953: Name listed as NORMA DORIS KAPLAN; Aug 1961: Name listed as NORMA RABINOWITZ; 22 Feb 1990: Name listed as NORMA DORIS RABINOWITZ
Thanks,
Carl Kaplan
Winchester, MA